Key Terms
Anacoda Plan: The plan in which the North first captures Richmond, then take control of the Mississippi River, and finally to establish a naval blockade of the south.
US Sanitary Commission: Battled diseases and infections that killed soliders.
Conscription: A draft that forced people to become soldiers to fight in the war.
Copper Heads: Limitedm their antiwar protests to newspapers and speeches.
Habeaus Corpus: A protection against unlawful imprisonment.
Key People
Mary Boykin Chesnut: Wrote a diary that helped people picture the life of the southern women during the war.
Elizabeth Blackwell: The first licensed female doctor who helped run the U.S. Sanitary Commisson.
Clara Barton:Cared for the wounded on the battlefield, founded the American Red Cross.
Sally Louisa Tompkins: Became a captian for the Confederate army so that her hosptials could qualify as military hospitals.\
Summary
Strategies of War
*The North's primary goal was to get the south to join the Union again.
*The North made its plans based on the geography of the South.
*The South's plan was to take control of DC and invade the north in order to get the disrupt Union communications and gain European support.
*Because Britain and France relied on the South's cotton so much, the South knew that one or both of the countries would come to help them.
*The South's plan failed because since niether Britain or France actually depended on Southerner's cotton, they didn't come to help the south.
The Military Experience
*Both sides were composed mostly of young, inexperienced soliders.
*Both sides had shortages of food, clothing, and weapons. Uniforms: North = Blue, South = Grey
*The lack of necessary provisions, as well as dirty environments, led to breakouts of diseases.
*Many soliders died from illnesses and infections, and doctors couldn't do much, as they were short on supplies as well.
*The conditions in the prisons were the worst.
*Men had to bond and play sports, as they faced boredem, lonliness, and homesickness.
The Home Front
*Women and men who couldn't fight had many responsibilities at the house.
The North
*Since the Union needed supplies, there were many jobs avaliable to women and children in arsenals ans sewing factories.
*Volunteer services: Ladies Aid Societies: Made bandages, bedcloths and shirts for soldiers. American Freedman's Aid: Provided education for former slaves.
The South
*Many southerns supported patrotic events such as raffles and barbeques to help raise money for the Confederate Army.
*The terrible effects of the North's blockade set in as there were many food and clothing shortages.
Civilian Aid On The Battlefield
*Women diguised themselves as men so they could fight, and became spies for the side they supported.
*Many other women, such as Catholic nuns, served as medical people such as nurses.
*Women also provided medical aid to soldiers.
Opposition to the War
*Many people didn't like the war and opposed it.
Southern Opposition
*The poor farmers couldn't afford to fight, and the wealthy said they needed to stay home and supervise their slaves.
*Others didn't like the draft because it violated the rights of the people.
*The Confederacy began to let soldiers pay less for supplies, which caused farmers to lose money and shortages in the food market.
Northen Opposition
*Some northerners sympathized with the north, others said that the war was proving too costly in terms of money and human lives.
*African Americans were taking jobs from whites, which caused the whites to get angry.
*Lincoln had to quiet the Cooperheads by suspending some civil liberties, such as habeaus corpus.
9/26/11
USHCP
Mr. Masterson
Key Terms
Anacoda Plan: The plan in which the North first captures Richmond, then take control of the Mississippi River, and finally to establish a naval blockade of the south.
US Sanitary Commission: Battled diseases and infections that killed soliders.
Conscription: A draft that forced people to become soldiers to fight in the war.
Copper Heads: Limitedm their antiwar protests to newspapers and speeches.
Habeaus Corpus: A protection against unlawful imprisonment.
Key People
Mary Boykin Chesnut: Wrote a diary that helped people picture the life of the southern women during the war.
Elizabeth Blackwell: The first licensed female doctor who helped run the U.S. Sanitary Commisson.
Clara Barton:Cared for the wounded on the battlefield, founded the American Red Cross.
Sally Louisa Tompkins: Became a captian for the Confederate army so that her hosptials could qualify as military hospitals.\
Summary
Strategies of War
*The North's primary goal was to get the south to join the Union again.
*The North made its plans based on the geography of the South.
*The South's plan was to take control of DC and invade the north in order to get the disrupt Union communications and gain European support.
*Because Britain and France relied on the South's cotton so much, the South knew that one or both of the countries would come to help them.
*The South's plan failed because since niether Britain or France actually depended on Southerner's cotton, they didn't come to help the south.
The Military Experience
*Both sides were composed mostly of young, inexperienced soliders.
*Both sides had shortages of food, clothing, and weapons. Uniforms: North = Blue, South = Grey
*The lack of necessary provisions, as well as dirty environments, led to breakouts of diseases.
*Many soliders died from illnesses and infections, and doctors couldn't do much, as they were short on supplies as well.
*The conditions in the prisons were the worst.
*Men had to bond and play sports, as they faced boredem, lonliness, and homesickness.
The Home Front
*Women and men who couldn't fight had many responsibilities at the house.
The North
*Since the Union needed supplies, there were many jobs avaliable to women and children in arsenals ans sewing factories.
*Volunteer services: Ladies Aid Societies: Made bandages, bedcloths and shirts for soldiers. American Freedman's Aid: Provided education for former slaves.
The South
*Many southerns supported patrotic events such as raffles and barbeques to help raise money for the Confederate Army.
*The terrible effects of the North's blockade set in as there were many food and clothing shortages.
Civilian Aid On The Battlefield
*Women diguised themselves as men so they could fight, and became spies for the side they supported.
*Many other women, such as Catholic nuns, served as medical people such as nurses.
*Women also provided medical aid to soldiers.
Opposition to the War
*Many people didn't like the war and opposed it.
Southern Opposition
*The poor farmers couldn't afford to fight, and the wealthy said they needed to stay home and supervise their slaves.
*Others didn't like the draft because it violated the rights of the people.
*The Confederacy began to let soldiers pay less for supplies, which caused farmers to lose money and shortages in the food market.
Northen Opposition
*Some northerners sympathized with the north, others said that the war was proving too costly in terms of money and human lives.
*African Americans were taking jobs from whites, which caused the whites to get angry.
*Lincoln had to quiet the Cooperheads by suspending some civil liberties, such as habeaus corpus.